The Wire

"If animal trapped call 410-844-6286" - Baltimore, traditional Burrell tries to help Daniels. Bubbles' big plan backfires and leaves him in big trouble. Colvin tries to find a solution for Namond while Omar makes new plans. McNulty tries to pay back his debt.

Now starting at the first scene, we've been going door to door,

Fucking Freamon.

He in the street like I'm in the street.

What about the clearance?

I'll get word back that we need a fresh shipment, and right quick,

You were here in '90 for a gunshot wound,

If we lose local control of the schools,

Just don't let any of these guys see you sweating.

where he said he fired into the street,

you tell him he owe me one now.

Man, we both know we gonna go to our grave forever knowing

And you're proposing to expand this to every middle school?

You ain't gonna take my son away from me, not for this--

- But I ain't want to go back. - Program's ending, Zenobia.

Albert, Zenobia, Namond,

If he tries for Elijah's seat, I might stay with Royce.

What you want?

Michael.

"That all there is to it?" - Bubbles While searching for the missing bodies, Freamon goes around the chain of command after being rebuked by Landsman. Carcetti finds that his promises of raises could be undermined by the school debt, forcing him to consider groveling before the Governor for money to pay it off. Colvin tries to keep his experimental class funded. Bubbles considers taking extreme measures to get rid of the man who continues to steal from him. Prez is concerned about Dukie's academic promotion. Omar orchestrates another big sting while Namond and Cutty get a first-hand taste of the "new" Michael. Carver's promise to look out for Randy ends up looking empty. MORE -LESS

An experiment.

But you're still part of C.I.D., right?

that whatever happens up on north avenue

I just got done promising the world to every cop in the city.

Stay here on Marlo?

Leandor, I want you surveiling his people.

Donut, you think this look right?

and if you knew what was good for you--

City hall says it's ok, they keep our program.

What you need to use is that sodium cyanide.

For the files... right.

but I'm thinkin' about being a little more subtle on this one.

I just wanted to stop by ony way home

Unfortunately the Governor's phone call

- Not yet, no. - Well, have some.

2 couples go into a restaurant.

Look at your sample test, please.

I'm just starting at that.

Wouldn't you play the politics if you were him?

Get your ass back here. I ain't done talking to you.

Man, you act like you on the trail of Pol Pot or some shit.

Yo, where the package at, man?

What we got here?

How you doing, Dawg?

get all Paul Bunyan and shit, you know?

You don't need Sydnor or Doze, either.

explaining how you needed their money to bail out your schools.

- Get your ass gone. - Come on, let me get a 10, player.

You only come by for a favor, so what is it?

She was mad, right?

Go ahead, man. Do him.

"You play in dirt, you get dirty." - McNulty Randy has trouble with his friends at school, while Carcetti faces a huge dilemma. Meanwhile, Omar visits Proposition Joe, while Freamon reveals a secret.

and that I will pursue all of the facts.

Why, so we can lose him here again?

What about you, Albert?

Whoa! Shit! Oh, that shit was right.

More time for case prep. Seriously.

but it speaks directly to the situation with Burrell.

guidance and counseling, the like.

Does Daniels know the bind this puts his boy Carcetti in?

You know, you're doing the work. You're not acting out.

You're telling me how I can't do it, not how I can.

Get out of the way!

What, y'all behind on your quotas or some shit?

Jesus. I should have stopped this.

From this day forward we are about quality arrests--

Iieutenant to full bird in a little more than a year

Si, como eight or nine others I never see before,

Busted up the boy Dimples, and them.

Wake up and smell the coffee.

Governor. Hear, hear!

Plenty more to go around.

Well, under my watch the numbers game is over.

Of course, the wrong decision on Sergeant Hauk,

But we both know it won't fly with the ministers,

License Mike-460-654.

Take the money, take the money, all right?

Well, tickle my fancy, fat man.

We understood?

Oh, man, you two...

Kenard!

Where you been, boss?

Frankly, I'm not sure just yet.

to rock any boats.

"World goin' one way, people another." -Poot Walker catches Donut boosting cars and teaches him a lesson; Commissioner Burrell gets advice from Senator Davis; Little Kevin has a talk with Marlo and regrets it; Herc ignores Bubbles call and regrets it; the Area Superintendent questions the success of Colvin and Parenti's project class; Senator Davis attempts to con Carcetti; Carver arrests Namond but keeps him out of baby booking; Burrell has the police force juke the numbers with street sweeps; Marlo puts the word out that Randy is a snitch; Elena sees McNulty as a grown up; Chris Partlow and Snoop target Bug's father for Michael. MORE -LESS

I know for a fact he called the deputy chief in Pittsburgh--

Well-- just take care of your end

I saw on "Animal Planet" marlin fishing--

Po-Po come asking about you, they snatch your ass up,

Yeah. Thank you.

Let's not panic... yet.

Yo, what you done was fucked up, man.

that there's a $500 bounty on this camera if it comes back.

You were supposed to do that.

- He a snitch, though. - Yeah. Put that around, then.

- Get the fuck off of me, man. - Shut up!

Well, first of all, I wanted to clear the air.

Do my best, partner.

Going to see some show, "The Color Purple."

You got a number?

- Working it. We should talk. - All right.

but they made it through.

I mean, they're not fools, these kids.

I don't know.

That I got from lSD without going through the proper channels.

and as a result,

You bring me something other than llD complaints,

Yeah, well, this is the word from up on high,

That's what we want, isn't it? More arrests?

First pop, second warning from me.

Grown. They're at college and past that.

Except we're locking up the neighborhood people.

But now look at the next example question on page 20.

- Card didn't come this month. - We mailed it.

A tremendous achievement.

It runs completely counter to all my discussions with Rawls,

It'll be enough to make him think he'll win you over eventually

Right.

- Hi. - Hey.

So it's true? You quit drinking?

- Man, but he didn't. - And we had to do Wallace!

Boys. You like fucking them?

"Might as well dump 'em, get another." - Proposition Joe Herc and Dozerman search for Little Kevin; Omar gets out of jail; Carcetti has his first meeting with the City Council; Prez and the teachers begin teaching the test; Proposition Joe lets Marlo know Major Crimes is after him; Bubbles looks to Kima and Herc to help him out; Bubbles delivers Little Kevin to Herc; Old Face Andre goes into hiding but Proposition Joe sells him out; Bug's father gets in Michael's face; Michael takes his problems to Marlo; Daniels and Valchek gets promoted; Omar and Renaldo monitor Marlo's activities. MORE -LESS

starts the turnover. It's killing us.

on the Public Safety Subcommittee

They gotta be.

we're getting ahead of ourselves.

I'm not gonna stand down next time.

If we drive around a bit,

uh, a quarter, a quarter of a dollar,

- Donut, go talk to Little Kevin for me. - All right. Watch the ride.

my man is backing up on his story.

You work for them, they'll help you with your problem.

Just gotta get enough for the first order. Then we're good.

What's up?

Yeah?

I'd have to tell you.

Resign?

I'm asking who.

Store worth way more, Joe.

Commissioner Burrell is to undertake no initiative

Like, he some type of faggot or something.

We're still six weeks away from the MSAs

The scores stay down, they can't.

- Let me go, motherfucker! - What about this one?

Nah, ain't no blood.

You don't know Lex?

You were there with Snoop,

That's the, uh, hostess.

May I get your drink orders?

and I'm going from lieutenant to colonel

- What I forget anyway? - That I'm the man.

Who wants to guess what "intercedes" means?

I'm charging five a head on them New York boys. That about the going rate.

and a proud day for the Baltimore Police Department.

about who they are and what they're doing in this world?

Nah.

We jailed down Jessup.

But-- but-- but the rats.

"We got our thing, but it's just part of the big thing." - Zenobia Prez wants to teach off curriculum. Carcetti visits the Homicide Department and goes on ride-a-longs for drug busts. Colvin and Dr. Parneti's class discuss the Corner Boy rules. Bunk convinces Holley to take another look at the Old Face Andre/Omar Little case. Herc and Dozerman begin shaking down Marlo and his crew as they try to have their surveillance camera returned. Chris Partlow and Snoop look to send the New York crew a message. Marlo asks Proposition Joe to look into Herc. Michael's father comes home, while Namond recruits a lieutenant. MORE -LESS

I mean, we actually scoped Stanfield with her.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

That's the only way.

I'm going to be crawling all over it,

Look, I'm just saying you weren't suspended that long.

Why not just suck a dick and get it over with?

I know that.

Now, remember, we had a shooting incident last week.

Yeah, you in the right place, man.

A mask?

The glass, reinforced steel,

- Nigger, please. - It was that we schooling them.

Hold, please.

on a bet, haul in $20 worth of drugs.

We'll worry about the quality later.

I like to kick his pale, entitled ass.

maybe half a dozen reading at grade level.

Hands on your head.

Yes, sir.

Carcetti, oh.

And 3, you stay away from schools.

If there's ever anything you want to talk about...

But the corner kids, yeah, they really came alive.

Hey, look, that motherfucker went upside my head.

Have a seat.

My guess.

Shit, he can't even give us a body.

"Aw yeah. That golden rule." - The Bunk Omar calls in a favor to the police; Carcetti gets advice from the ex-mayor and then Mayor Royce and his team; Cutty finds out why Spider has been avoiding him and explains to the rest of his boxers that it won't happen again; Prez makes a break through with his students; Herc loses his camera; Greggs solves the Braddock case with soft eyes; Bubbles gets robbed repeatedly and searches for Sherrod; Namond begins to work a package and finds it hard to get suspended from school; Daniels catches Carcetti's eye. MORE -LESS

I said, "What am I gonna say? What can I say about this?"

something to commemorate my first day as mayor.

That's what it is.

Fuck you! Ain't nobody gonna hurt me.

Not till I catch a fresh call, no.

shit, I got files on two open doubles last year.

But you giving him a free walk right now, though, ain't you?

Ain't no thing.

I'll get a name.

Bubbles' Depot for my people.

Everybody take five and gather up.

All right.

Go inside, man.

and me and the slum lord doing a tango

for the general election, for the transition--

Tell him they're about to shift the narcotics case over to the federal court

Violent Crimes Unit.

sex was consentual on Paul and Monnel only. So...

Calvin, is this your work?

Darnell has a drinking problem, and Namond, we believe,

Yeah, I'm from Baltimore.

What the fuck kind of science is that?

I've been knowing him since, like, Head Start and shit.

- Why do you care? - I'm pretty sure he's being set up.

In any event, rather than allow my post cars to patrol,

Yo, if you don't want to sell my shit, then fuck you, Kenard.

- Did you check the pawnshops? - Every one.

Lumen, line 5.

but the newly-elected white mayor cannot.

Hey, kid, let me ask you right off the bat:

and then you heard he was killed,

An air strike. White phosphorus.

Don't want to be seen with the police, huh?

Yeah....

I can keep you on salary till then.

And you always getting on my ass and shit about some book.

Good to have you back, Mr. Wagstaff.

You come by tonight, and we work this shit out together.

"Don't try this shit at home." - Norman Wilson Carcetti responds to a campaign smear. Randy is accused of a serious transgression. Colvin's special class gets its first enlistees.

''So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law,

- Mrs Carcetti. How are you? - Thank you for having us.

l think your position on school-board reform is very encouraging.

l want you to remember, you're representing your dad.

She be on the 8:45 from New York.

- So what do we do about it? - We work up some counter lit.

Bey never heard me say a damn thing about business.

- lf it's not bad for the white boy, Carcetti. - You care, either way?

- l'm standing where a sheriff's deputy was. - My God. What a nasty business.

But you are goin' out on your own. You gonna ask Bodie for a package.

Anyhow, we got no fixed address, no known abode.

we got three back-to-back drive-time radio interviews l wore out my kneepads to get.

our detectives were trying to writ out a jailhouse snitch.

Yes, sir.

At least 20K to his favourite campaign committee is my guess.

Go in with who? This is no time to play, young man.

is going to make you ready.

What is going on?

Nothing in that bag but ladies clothes. Nothing dirty on either one of 'em.

You see Spider again, you tell him he need to come past my gym.

You can do it by yourself or you can get some friends,

- Don't keep me in suspense. - You don't have to worry about me.

Some blocks ain't nothing but.

Cos this is the job.

You ain't wanna do that?

Why would he just quit like that?

- Gotta blame ourselves for payin' him up front. - Hey, it was worth a shot.

- Hey, yo, McNulty, l need a phone. - Fuck your phone.

have begun the tedious process of tallying the vote,

Pull some jobs in here. People move back, fix up the houses.

l think we are.

They were gracious. l asked for their help. l mean, we still have a general election to win.

Yeah, you will. lt's your night.

We are family

"If you with us, you with us." - Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce's support; Chris Partlow tries to recruit Michael to become a soldier in Marlo's unit; Dukie shows Randy and the boys that the missing are really dead; Odell Watkins drops his support for Royce and considers an offer from Councilman Carcetti.

Pulled a good man off too, l heard.

- No more than usual for the season. - What about decomps?

Yo, Mr P, why you do me detention, huh?

The others go down to the corners.

Yo, my head hurting from all this learning. You got some Tylenol?

Done is done. Now we need to decide what we're gonna do about Omar.

Come on, l told you about those lame excuses, man.

Why give it to us? Why don't you stick it to Royce yourself?

- Zenobia, it wasn't about the pencil. - Please, Mr P.

Well, tomorrow we'll see if we can't do better.

- All right. l'll holla at you later. - All right, yo.

Same kind of nothing, see? That's how the corners be.

This amid allegations that high-ranking police officials intervened

You gonna make it too heavy, yo. lt might work if we make it bigger.

Yo, chill.

- Yo, man, good looking-out. - Yeah.

- Hell, yeah. - And now this last thing,

Slim say the fat man knew the card game was gonna get took.

lf you have a problem, like you can't make it to detention,

The Stricker Street situation is waiting in the office.

- What would you suggest? - Start with ten or so.

with a whimper.

he was never off the case, that you and he are partnered,

this detective sergeant will still be standing.

lt makes sense Chris taking them into the vacants - to change them.

- Police! Search warrant! - Take the back.

But l have seen him in the concrete park behind Fulton.

You gave me your word on this - your word, Clarence.

Odell!

Said he either got to work for him or give up his corner.

These steps.

Other ideas?

Yeah. How you wanna play it?

l can tell from your voice you're black and you can tell from my voice l'm white.

Mr Ricks, thank you for your time and for your attention.

Go ahead, open it.

After the election, the equation changes for him but not for me.

"No one wins. One side just loses more slowly." - Prez Freamon and Greggs move to Homicide, while Herc and Dozerman join Marimow in the lackluster Major Crimes Unit. Cutty gets a "custodial" job at Tilghman School picking up truants, but struggles to make progress while trying to mentor Michael. Bubbles works to get Sherrod back in school as an 8th grader. Burrell finds a way to sabotage the state-witness murder investigation before the election, impacting Greggs. Prez's struggles as a teacher continue while Bodie finds himself working for a new "company". Meanwhile, Colvin pitches his pilot program to the middle school and Carcetti meets with a constituency when he knows that they won't support him regardless of what he says. Randy is faced with a dilemma after being busted for his candy scam and Proposition Joe plays Marlo in a high-stakes heist. MORE -LESS

Nigger, you been boiled.

Your Sabbath best?

An hour.

I don't know where your chair went.

I believe you two refugees know each other well.

This is Detective Greggs with the--

Yeah, I know you see it. You see the big picture.

and talk that global economy mess somewhere else.

So, unless you dead or dying, there ain't none you can use.

and we feel to place the older children in the younger classes

Why can't you tell us if you shot somebody or not?

You gots to know him. He was a player for real.

Nah, I keep a couple custodial positions

So, I heard they torpedoed your wiretap.

and that warrant says that we can come through your door

Muscle. You got muscle.

Call another game.

there is more to being a councilperson

would have shamed Elvis and Tupac both.

and here you are looking for a suspect

- give or take. - Noted.

A standard confidentiality agreement.

Hey, yo, did you see that one over there? Hey.

- Disturbs the sleep. - Oh, I bet it do.

- And you must be Dozerman. - Yes, sir.

Mayor Royce and from Councilman Gray,

that I came here today to say these things.

I like math.

Chiquan wasn't positive though,

Come on, get this headgear off.

Next thing, them touts calling out the heroin

Iet me see them hands, yo.

"I love the first day, man. Everybody all friendly an' shit." - Namond Brice Prez is shocked by his students; Royce strikes back against Carcetti; Rawls begins to gut the major case unit from the inside; Colvin embarks on a new career.

I work 2 nights a week, 3 dayshifts,

We need it, yo. Yeah.

We put it out there:

Go to it. Now.

I don't even know why you thinkin' about quittin'.

Little one be all dressed up with nowhere to go.

We're gettin' close.

Jimmy, how's that beach house coming?

So, you want ice in yours?

Bodie. Yo, Bodie.

I heard he got some kinda hookup at this funeral home in Westport.

Oh, mercy. No, ma'am.

You wanna charge her with the theft, I'll put the cuffs on her, too.

I may be wearing these bars, but I worked the bricks to earn 'em,

I got... Prez... Prez... what?

This case is crazy, son.

Do I need to say that twice?

32. They took 15, but--

hey, what side of Baltimore, east or west?

Is he driving? Or is he like in the back seat?

We could be on the street doing a dozen other different things.

There it is, yo.

And C... who gives a rat's ass?

Yeah, well, you know, that depends on the audience.

It's a habit.

Look, I'm ready to acknowledge that...

And you don't need to be under my wing, either.

"I still wake up white in a city that ain't." - Carcetti In the hopes of possibly saving her job, Pearlman and Freamon continue arguing over the subpoenas, as the election draws closer. Carcetti drops a bombshell on Royce during their televised debate, while Herc makes a shocking discovery about the Mayor himself. Marlo decides to help the young kids in their preparation for school. Namond gets some advice from his father, Wee-Bey. Bubbles decides to bring in an apprentice to help out his business, while Cutty continues his two jobs; landscaping and boxing mentor. MORE -LESS

until at some point, she bled to death.

So who did this?

The violent kind.

Something to focus on. Something that reminds him of her.

That sounds like a regular to me. I don't think so.

What I mean is, this girl was bled to death. Multiple penetrations.

"Shh" -- what's that tell you?

10:00 p.m. Took his time again.

if that's what it is; he avoided leaving evidence at the scene of the crime.

Existing lines of inquiry -- what do we have?

- I have plenty of better ones. - What if it doesn't work?

Sorry. Sorry.

Okay, we've got another one. This is number six.

Why am l only getting tossers with halitosis and cold sores?

- So? - 37.

Saying both digits have to be odd stacks the deck right from the start.

Makes you want to --

- Their own particular way of behaving. - Like what?

Somehow, he is the answer.

I'm coming over. We've got this wrong.

Yeah, the voice inside Tyler's head

watching the investigation. Watching you put Paula on the street.

Two killers working together?

and one hell of a dominant personality to pull it off.

I just want to know who he is and where he's got her.

Right, let's start. Uh

So most likely, you're looking at a small-time drug dealer

"Lambs to the slaughter here." - Marcia Donnelly Four West Baltimore boys wrestle with what to do with the rest of their summer vacation as the new fall school year approaches. Bodie deals with his corner running slower than usual so he decides to take on a runner. Marlo believes he has finally solved the problem that Stringer could never figure out. Freamon, Greggs, and Sydnor go to Pearlman to see if she will issue City Hall subpoenas. Meanwhile, the mayoral race heats up as Mayor Royce and his primary challenger, Tommy Carcetti each hit campaign trail. Prez begins preparing for his new career in higher education, while McNulty ends up turning down a promotion. MORE -LESS

I couldn't fix it. I tried.

I got Landsman bangin'out a warrant for the place.

limiting our street level enforcement

I took it for as long as I could.

most of the time with a lot of muscle :

and the residents in this district are among

to oversee the day to day, and maybe that puts him in contact

It's just an outrageous development.

And young children run the streets alone.

You lyin'motherfucker.

- Where Tuckie at ? - I don't know.

Freeze ! Police, don't move !

Come tomorrow, the television reporters

We go chargin'in there, chances are we will get lit up.

Open it.

will have any rank at all if we hear so much as a bark out of you.

It's not just the 17 millions in federal funding

Where the older ones at ?

and without regard to the criminal statutes he was sworn to enforce

and said we could sell drugs if we move down to Vincent Street

- Why would the Mayor... - Good police work maybe.

I guess I finished something today.

I informed the Mayor, and together

Mr. Chairman--

the addicts who go untreated

but I need to trust my people.